Tampa – Add Clark Schmidt to the Yankees injury worry list.
Already considered to be part of a pair of bodies blowing, Schmidt was scratched from the scheduled start on Monday as he “stings a bit” in his recovery, Aaron Boone said on Sunday.
“It's not bouncing as much as he wanted,” Boone told Steinbrenner Field. “I think we're just paying attention to that, but he's not off to a start, so at least there's that concern.”
This is due to Schmidt throwing a bullpen session on Monday instead of facing the Blue Jays, and once he recovers from it, he will be inserted back into spinning.
However, it never went as smoothly as the Yankees would have liked this spring when it came to injuries and their pitching staff.
The Yankees have already lost season and Jerit Cole (Tommy John's surgery) in Lewis Gill (rat stock) until at least June.
Some of the depths are also injured by Chase Hampton (Tommy John's surgery) and JT Brubaker (broken ribs).
So, especially for that, the Yankees were not interested in trying to throw this issue at Schmidt.
“Obviously, at this point there was some of the exhaustion we had and it's not something we want to push,” Boone said.
Schmidt has only appeared in one game so far after being late early by Crankyback this spring.
The Yankees had planned to start the sixth game of the season so he could accumulate as much as possible before heading north, but it may now be at risk.
